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Benefits and features of APTN Direct
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APTN Direct
APTN Direct gives you access to news, as it happens. AP video crews are stationed around the world to capture events as they occur. Politics, war, entertainment, sports, disasters — no matter the subject, we deliver 12-14 hours per day of LIVE events and/or tape rushes of worldwide breaking news stories. You can easily use the incoming video live-to-air.
News as it Happens
Developed initially for the Iraq conflict to ensure broadcasters had unprecedented coverage of breaking events, APTN Direct has become an essential tool providing “live and rolling” news coverage around the clock. Instead of waiting for the next bulletin on APTN’s Global Video Wire, you can air footage of news from around the world as we receive it.
Count on APTN Direct to bring you live footage from the center of the action. During the second Gulf War, we mounted full broadcast quality satellite dishes onto specially adapted 4-wheel drive vehicles to offer a unique perspective of the unfolding conflict.
Our live images of the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statue in a Baghdad square were among the most memorable of the war. We have even used videophone technology to broadcast live from U.S. aircraft carriers.
Direct Line to AP
Subscribe to APTN Direct and you also get multiple ways to stay on top of what’s happening. Through www.aptndirect.com, you’ll be able to access content information, planned coverage, and a message area that gives you a direct line of communication with APTN’s newsroom — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The APTN Direct ticker automatically updates content information around the clock. The ticker will also alert you to imminent changes and messages from APTN’s newsroom.
Of course, APTN Direct is backed by the full worldwide newsgathering resources of The Associated Press. It is delivered via satellite, and is available to broadcasters who already subscribe to APTN’s main satellite video service.
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The only 24-hour live channel with global coverage
APTN Direct brings you live video from the Middle East, the White House, Moscow, Beijing, or wherever news is breaking.
Fill the 24 hour news beast with live news
More live equals higher ratings. Viewers like to know they are watching news unfold. APTN Direct takes them to the news as it is happening.
Talk directly to the APTN newsroom
APTN Direct’s web site is fully interactive. Know what is moving right now, what is coming up later and what is planned over the next few days. You can also ask questions to the Direct output editors via the live chat function on the web page.
You be the editor
With APTN Direct, your staff can edit their own stories as events unfold. There’s no need to wait for an APTN editor to cut pieces for the regular news feeds.
Follow events in the newsroom
Having APTN Direct on a newsroom monitor around the clock gives your staff an eye on the news.
PC on-screen ticker
Keep up with what’s moving now and what’s coming up on APTN Direct, and be notified of any breaking news via our exclusive on-screen Direct ticker.
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